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Tha track is up and everything is ready for North Carolina’s first crab derby! Preliminary races will be run on Jib Square (between 7th and 8th streets on the Morehead City waterfront) at 2 p.m. today. That’s wher the handler of Carteret’s winning entrant will be officially recognized as the per son to enter Carteret’s crab in the state-wide derby to morrow. State-wide is really coast-wide, because it’s rather dif ficult to find a blue crab in mountainous Watauga coun ty. The 12 counties where blue crabs live are Currituck, Craven, Dare, Beaufort, Hyde, Onslow, Brunswick, Tyr rell, New Hanover, Pamlico, Pender and Carteret. The crab derby idea originated with Wade Lucas, public information officer with the Department of Con servation and Development. Mr. Lucaa smarted under the defeat a North Carolina crab received last year at a national crab derby in Crisfield, Md. So he has set out to locate a winner to take to the Mary land derby this year. The handler of the winning crab, and a companion, (companion of the handler, not the crab) will be given an expense-paid trip to the national derby in Maryland Satur day, Sept. 2, where he will enter the crab representing North Carolina. If other counties want to run pre & liminaries this afternoon, they are welcome to do so, according to J. A. DuBois, manager of the greater Morehead City chamber of com merce. Anybody can race a crab. If you can’t catch one, you can buy one for 25 cents at Cap|;. Bill’s Waterfront cafe, right across from the crab track. Crab dishes are also being featured at the Waterfront and San itary restaurants (see menus in to day’s paper). All restaurants in the area are invited to feature crab dishes in observance of this week end’s activities. The crab derby will be sponsored in another coastal county next year, Mr. Lucas says. Purpose of the derby is to point up the growing im portance of the hard blue crab industry in North Caro lina, where it has grown from a production of about 8 million pounds, or approximately 16 million crabs, in * 1966 to almost 16 million pounds, or just about 30 mil lion hard crabs last year. The hard blue crab weighs about a half pound on the average. Saturday’s derby will be preceded by a ski show, con cert by the Marine band from Cherry Point, and crown ing of the North Carolina seafood queen. Derby judges will be Woodrow Price, managing ed See CRAB DERBY, Page 2 ALL WHO READ READ THE NEWS-TIMES CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 60th YEAR, NO. 68. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1061 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Poorly-Maintained Roadbed Plagues Beaufort Citizens Crossing Broad Street in Beau fort—the street with the railroad tracks—can be perilous if one hits the holes and ruts the right way— or the wrong way. Here is the reason why. Beginning at the east end of Broad Street, the holes and ruts were painstakingly measured to discover their depth. At the intersection of Broad and Gordon streets, the crossing is not very bad, but then Gordon street between Broad and Live Oak street is a dirt street of holes and bumps. And a few bumps more over the tracks are not particular ly noticeable. Furthermore, the street is so bad, nobody travels it if he can avoid it. At the intersection of Live Oak and Broad street, there is a hole 1% inches deep as one crosses the north rail and another hole 3 inches deep as the second rail is crossed. Three inches is nothing? Not if you do it at 10 miles an hour. ■ending south at the intersection fifit^track^me^crosses^is above the rest of the street while the second track is 1 inch below the street. Heading swth again, at the in tersection oi Pollock and Broad, one bumps across one particular 3-iaoh hole that is a foot wide jm the first track. At the second track, there is a 4-inch deep 21 inch wide gulley running approxi mately 20 feet along the track where cars cross. Crossing the intersection of Queen and Broad street headed south, one bumps across a 1% inch hole at the first track and a lVfe-inch hole at the second track. At Craven and Broad, one rail is flanked by a 3 by 11-inch hole. Crossing in any direction, the intersection of Turner and Broad street is smooth. Making the cross ing satisfactory are timbers which run parallel to the tracks, thus easing cars over the rails without any damage. At the intersection of Orange and Broad streets, one jolts his car over the first track which rises 2 inches above the strept before bouncing down into the £ and % inch hole at the second'gcack. Tracks are sunken at the inter section of Moore and Broad street. The center strip between the tracks is 3 inches higher than the tracks. « While the intersections listed above are potentially dangerous to any car, motorists should not at tempt to cross in “mid-block." You will probably find conditions worse. Elks Take Option On New Site Morehead-Beanfort Elks lodge, No. 1710, proposes to put up a lodge home on four lots located 43 feet west of the Buccaneer motor lodge. The property, on which the lodge now holds an option, has a 174-foot frontage on Arendell street and runs to a depth equal to that of the motor lodge. The present Elks lodge is located next to Styron's department store, Morehead City. It had been pro posed at first that the new build ing go up on the present site. Plans had been drawn for the building, but changes are now be ing made in them since the site has been changed. G. E. Sander son, Morehead City, has taken an option on the present Elks’ prop erty. Bids on the new building are to be sought in the near future. The options involved expire in 00 days. The lodge hopes to put up the new building for less than $35,000 according to J. R. Sanders, sec retary- The lodge, since its organi zation in 1940, has been located at its presents tte. Ruler of the lodge is L. G. Dunn, IhroHoH at* ,, A car’s headlights at night indicate the Jolting • car fata as it travels Broad street, Beaufort. This picture was take* an Broad, between Craven and Queen. The car was headed east. This is a daylight scene of one of the numerous ruts and potholes along the Beaufort and Morehead railroad tracks in Beaufort. Oxygen Content of Neuse Improves During Past Week G. C. Smith Named To State Board The North Carolina Industrial commission announced today ap pointment to the commission of Gene C. Smith, Beaufort attor ney. The appointment to the three man board, which hears evi dence in workmen’s compensa tion claims, was made with the enthusiastic approval of Gov. Terry Sanford, who called Mr. Smith “a highly capable attor ney.” Members of the commission serve at the discretion of the commission. Mr. Smith expects to start his new work in the near future. The position pays about $9,000 a year. Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Friday, Aug. 25 7:18 a.m. 1:20 a.m. 7:40 p.m. 1:33 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 8:08 a.m. 2:08 a.m. 8:30 p.m. 2:26 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27 9:01 a.m. 2:57 a.m. 9:23 p.m. 3tl7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28 9:54 a.m. 3:43 a.m. 10:l«pja. 4:0» p.». ■ Oxygen content of the Neuse riv-4 er has increased this week, thus correcting a condition which last week had been killing mullet and fresh water fish. Howard Whitney, oceanographer at the’ Institute of Fisheries Re search, UNC, reported yesterday after returning from the Neuse that oxygen content of the water is back to normal. He said the past week of north east wind and the rain has prob ably contributed to stirring the wa ter up and “turning the river over.” Last week, he said, when the fish kills had been reported, there was no oxygen in the water a foot above the bottom. The smell of hydrogen sulphide gas was also strong, he said. Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director of the institute, says this is the third year that depletion of oxygen in the river has been noticed. It be gins about May and some parts of the river show less oxygen content than others. As the summer pro gresses, the lack of oxygen covers wider areas. At one time last year a layer hi water 6 feet off the bottom was lacking oxygen. Oysters and seed oysters died as a result. Fish and other marine life cannot live with out oxygen any more than can humans. The scientists cannot pinpoint the cause of the oxygen disappearance. If they have suspicions, they are making no comment at present. Dr. Chestnut says, “Something very paeniiir u going on." Defendant in Murder Case Returned To Jail Tuesday, No Bond Permitted German Girl Gives Her View of Berlin Crisis By SYLVIA THOMPSON Morehcad City I had the privilege this summer of becoming friends with Rose marie Borner, a 19-year-old Ger man girl who had been working the past year in this country. She has now returned to her home in Kassel, Germany. In answer to my questions, she wrote the following to me in a recent letter: “Dear Sylvia, . . . “You asked about Berlin. We are about 250 miles apart from it. That is—about 20 miles West ern Germany, and the rest Eastern Germany. Our feelings are very dear. We look at Berlin as our Bonn as our temporary capital, the government is there, well, but the German peoples heart is for Berlin. We can’t think else about it. That doesn’t mean we’re sleep ing or just romantic—we know the situation well, better than anyone foreign can be able to. We feel so much—we suffer about it. Our people live there and in Eastern Germany. “The Berlin crisis is for every body else just another great prob lem, but for us Germans it means our life, because I believe when Berlin is taken, West Germany will be taken soon, too. “I love Berlin, it is the heart beat of Germany. Next year I’m going with one of my friends on a trip to Berlin. It costs only $7, be cause the government pays the most part of it. The youth organi zation leads these group trips. I’m dying to go, but can’t this year. 1 don’t know what will happen till next year, sometimes we think still this year something is going to happen. “People here, I think, are not so scared of war as Americans. Cedar Point Club to Meet Officials of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control system, a Car teret court official and state high way patrol officer have been in vited to the Tuesday night meeting of the Cedar Point Community club. The club will meet at 7:30 at the Cedar Point fire house. The guests will be William Hunt, chair man of the state ABC board; Lee Phillips, assistant chairman of the board; M. M. Ayscue, county ABC officer; Wiley Taylor Jr., solicitor of county recorder’s court; and Capt. S. H. Mitchell, Greenville, State Highway patrol. Cedar Point club officers have asked these people to meet with them because they feel that the concentration of beer outlets in the Cedar Point area constitutes an undesirable situation. They say that deaths, injuries and property damage have been caused by motorists leaving the roadside bars. The chib hopes that its visitors will be able to present facts about alcoholic beverage control and highway traffic law enforcement in the Cedar Point area. The club invites the public to the That doesn’t mean we don't care. But our people suffered so much, I don’t know how it all will be. We live so close in it all. I’m not scared of war. It’s not much we could lose, anyhow. “But God does it all and I just trust Him. He also cares for us so much and His will, will be done. I’m very confident. See BERLIN, Page 8 Taxpayer Says City Hospital Should Be Qperated as PrivateJnstitution Scout Leaders Hear About New Camp Site The new Boy Scout camp site at Gales creek was discussed at the Carteret District Boy Scout meet ing Monday night at the civic cen ter, Morehead City. Dr. S. W. Ilatcher, chairman, reported that the lines are being surveyed and a deed would be drawn up as soon as the work was completed. He said enough money is avail able to purchase the campsite, and donations are being accepted for improving the land. The fall finance drive was dis cussed and it was reported that response from the 200 letters mail ed out has been favorable. This was credited to the new campsite and the diligent work of T. A. Guiton, Scout executive. Three outdoor activities were planned. A Cub outdoor festival was scheduled for 4 p.m. yester day at Radio island. A swim-a-ree will be held at Cape Lookout Sat urday. All Scouts in the district are invited. The boys will gather at Carl Lewis’s ramp at Shell Point, Hark ers Island, at 8 a.m. Saturday. Cecil Sewell, Morehead City, will supervise boats transporting the boys to the Cape. There will be plenty of adult supervision, Dr. Hatcher reports. . A camp Fun-o-ree is planned for October. It will be held at the Gales Creek campsite if possible. Twelve leaders attended the meeting. The Rev. Charles Kirby gave the invocation and Dr. Hatch er presided. 85 Civilian Workers Will Be Added at Base Washington (AP)—About 85 new civilian workers will be hired at the Marine Corps air station at Cherry Point, N. C., the Navy an nounced Wednesday. The Navy said it is addins about 2,000 civilian employees at instal lations of its Bureau of Weapons throughout the country. Oil Drillers Go at It Again Oil drillers sever say die—not when it comes to this county. They’re at it again. This time the drilling is schedul ed to get under way at the Open Grounds, on Harkers Island and at a point near Atlantic. A test drill well will be put down at each spot, according to Donald E. Car* «m» to too* «f . Nancy Debrix, right, charged with murdering her common-law husband, John Tyson, listens to testimony in county court Tuesday. At the left is her attorney, Luther Hamilton Jr. ► Skinner Chalk, a Morehcad City* taxpayer interested in financial conditions at Morehead City hos pital, figured in a front page news story in Tuesday’s paper. The newsstory reported a joint meet ing of the town commissioners and Morehead City hospital trustees. Mr. Chalk was a subject of dis cussion at certain times during the meeting. His comments on the city hospital situation were sub mitted to the newspaper Wednes day. They follow: The newsstory in your Aug. 22, 1961, issue “Town, Hospital Board to ask County to up Welfare Fund” quotes the Mayor as saying, “Skin ner says the hospital is making money, and we’d like to knoW where the surplus is.” 1 am quite sure he said this in jest, but since the statement was not qualified, many who read the story will think I made such a statement. The purpose of my appearance before the Board of Commission ers of the Town of Morehead City, was to point out the hospital has been operating at a loss unneces sarily, and the Board should not levy a tax to make up any deficit. The Board was told my state ment was based on the audit of the hospital for the year ending 9/30/59, and I compared the finan cial condition of the hospital with that of the town. This audit show ed the total approved charity cases cost the hospital $21,001.10, and the income to the hospital for these same cases totalled $22,268.58. This means the hospital received in income $1,267.48 more than it charged as expense for charity cases. < This is not meant to imply the hospital does not lose money on cases not treated as charity. I do not know the. current situation at the hospital, but as you reported, 1 attempted to attend the August meeting not held, because there was no quorum. There is no dispute the hospital in the year ending as described in the above audit showed an in crease in the operating fund bal ance of $20,377.10. The above statements are fact and can be verified by examina tion of the audit in the hospital office. See HOSPITAL, Page 7 The wells will be 4,000 to 4,500 feet deep. Mr. C arm tin said that it had been planned to put the Harkers Island well down first, but heavy rains made cutting a right of-way impossible this week, so the first drilling site will be on the Open Grounds. A section of land totaling 223 acTii is under Ibaia el Herkers nn“ 1? won H ™ 1 If J H'Jt Fred Taylor Found Guilty Of Child Assault Fred Taylor, Morehead City, ap peared in Morehead City record er’s court Monday, charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a minor. Judge Herbert O. Phil lips found Taylor guilty and sen tenced him to three months in jail, suspended on two years’ good be havior, payment of $50 and court costs and payment of $30 to the court to pay the hospital bill of the injured child. Testimony revealed that Taylor hit a child of John T. White with a stick when the child was in Tay lor’s yard A warrant for Taylor was sworn out by the child's moth er. The Whites and Taylors live in the 1500 block of Avery street, Morehead City. J. T. Brown, Morehead City, was convicted of throwing trash and rubbish on private property and was ordered to pay one-half court costs and remove the trash from the property. A second public drunkenness of fense within a 12-month period brought a jail term of 60 days, suspended on payment of $25 and costs to Marvin Hay Horne, More See COURT, Page 7 Development Firm Will Organize Monday Skinner Chalk, president of the greater Morehead City chamber of commerce, announces that there will be a meeting at noon Monday to organize a development corpora tion for this area. Mr. Chalk said a chemical cor poration is interested in locating here and assistance can be offered the firm if a development corpora tion exists. Any businessman interested in making a contribution to the new organization is invited to the meet ing. It will be at the Rex restau rant west of Morehead City. Island to the Coastal Plains Oil Co., Fort Worth, Te*. Fifty-three acres were leased from Carl A. Johnson, 30 from Earl Davis and 140 from Owen Fulford, all island residents. Mr. Carman is with the Delta Drilling Co., Tyler, Te*. h 1944 and 1947 test wells were » ft? ****»• Nancy Debrix went back to jail Tuesday, after judge Lambert Morris found prob able cause and bound the murder case over to superior court. Nancy is charged with murdering her common-law husband John Tyson, Tues day, Aug. 14, at their home at 313 Marsh St., Beaufort. Two days later she posted $t,<)00 property bond and was released from jail. The home where the murder took place was padlocked by Guy Springle, Beaufort police chief, Monday, when he learned that members of her family and Tyson's were "going in and out and carrying stuff out of there.” Representing the state in the pre liminary hearing Tuesday in re corder’s court, in addition to Wiley Taylor, solicitor, was Claud Wheat ly, retained by Tyson’s family. Ap pearing for the defendant was at torney Luther Hamilton Jr. The only witness heard was chief Springle. The chief showed the .12 gauge shotgun which he said was used to shoot Tyson, a brick ma son’s hammer, which he said was lying on the floqy of the house, and a pen knife, Which he said was found in Tyson’s pocket by the un dertaker. Questioned by Mr. Wheatly, chief Springle said that he was called to the Tyson home at 6:10 p.m. the day of the shooting. He said John and Nancy, who h*d been living there about two years, were in the house. The officer said that when he ar rived, John asked him in and told the chief that he wanted Nancy out of the house. The officer told John that if he wanted Nancy out, he’d have (0 get the nggpesary papers. CMef Springle MM that he left the htasd Ina rejoined" Marshall Ayscue, MWitf ABC officer, who was waiting M the car outside. He said he went home and had been there about 30 minutes when Eve lyn Garrett called him, saying that John had been shot. . > The chief said that be found the body about 15 feet from the front door. The man had been shot just above the belt line, lie said the coroner identified the shot in the body as No. 8. The chief identi fied the gun used aa .12-gauge, single-barrel. He said he picked the gun up at the scene, opened it and a shell fell out. He put it in his pocket. About that time sheriff Robert (Bobby) Bell arrived and called an ambulance. The chief said Tyson was still alive. He said be was groaning and mumbled something, but it was not understand*Me. The ehief said he escorted the ambulance to the hospital where Tyson died almost immediately. Deputy sheriff Bruce Edwards took Nancy into custody. Chief Springle said that later in jail Nancy told him that she had decided to leave the house as John wanted. She said when she started out the front door, John ordered her not to,leave. She said he struck her on the side of her face, knocked her to the floor and broke her glasses. She told the officer that when John eame at her with a knife, she picked up a gun by the front door and tqld him not to come any See HEARING, Page 8 There has also been exploration for oil in the area around Jack sonville in Onslow county. The wells put down did not produce encouraging signs — at least that was the word the drillers put out Geologists say there should be oil lpre. But so far no one has been able to find it in commercial
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